Posts Tagged ‘Career Education’

Career in Education – Why Should You Choose a Career in Education?

January 14th, 2010



There are a lot of careers that you can choose to do for your future. However, a career in education is one of the best ones that you can choose. The pay is not the best but there are a lot of reasons that a career in education is a good choice. Let me explain what some of those reasons are.

One: When you have a career in education you will be making a difference in kid’s lives. It doesn’t matter whether you teach elementary school, middle school, high school or even college. You as a teacher will be giving kids the important education that they need in order to succeed in this world.

Two: As a teacher you will already have a love for learning that you can pass on to the students that you teach. Instilling in someone the love of learning is one of the best gifts that you can give someone. This will help them throughout their whole life. Education is not just about what they learn when they are in school. Throughout life you will have to constantly be learning something for one reason or another. When someone loves to learn this will make it much more enjoyable for them.

These are just two of the many reasons why being a teacher is such a good and noble career choice. There are a lot of people out there that will not ever consider such a career but that is okay. Only special people who possess that special quality and personality to be teachers will understand why a career in education is a good choice.

There are some basic things that you need to think about before embarking on a teaching career. You need to know where you want to get your education from. You can go to a college or a university to take the classes that you will need. Alternatively, you can also get your degree online with one of the many schools that offer online career education for teaching. You will have to research on all of this before you make your decision. You will need to make sure that you make the right choice for yourself.

You also need to figure out what it is that you want to teach. That way you will know what type of education you require. You will also need to figure out how to be the best teacher that you can be by getting the right career in education that you need. So take the time to figure everything out before you start on your career as a teacher.

By: Lester Lee

Elementary School Teachers, Counselors, and Career Education

October 23rd, 2009



As teachers and counselors, you know that the elementary school years are important. During the elementary school years, your students build visions of what they desire to do in their lives as they contribute to the workforce. With your help, your students remain open to new career ideas and possibilities. As you work with your students, your students do not make premature career choices or career preparations. For your students, elementary school is a time to build awareness.

As elementary school teachers and counselors, you use career education to promote self-worth, skill development, and decision making strategies. Your activities are designed to build self, family, school, community, and career awareness. You use age-appropriate materials that match your students’ developmental levels. These activities expose your students to a variety of different jobs, career information sources, and the reasons why people work.

When you prepare to develop age-appropriate materials products, tests and tools, you use career models like the National Career Development Guidelines (NCDG). The National Career Development Guidelines (NCDG) have domains, goals, and indicators. Each domain represents a developmental area. Under each domain, there are goals or competencies. For each goal, indicators highlight the knowledge and skills needed to achieve the goal. The National Career Development Guidelines (NCDG) prepares you to make materials that are suitable for your students.

As a elementary school counselors and teachers, you create individual career plans and portfolios. Individual career plans (ICP) -

Develop self-awareness Identify initial career goals and educational plans Increase employability and decision making skills

Individual career portfolios summarize career awareness activities and experiences that occur during the school year. In addition to individual career plans and portfolios, you use a variety of resources –



By: Mary Askew